Richard Donnevert (2 August 1896 in

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– 27 January 1970 in

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) was a German

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politician. Donnevert studied medicine at the

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and submitted his doctoral thesis in 1922. A dentist by profession, Donnevert held a number of party administration posts in the early 1930s whilst also serving as a member of the ''

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'', reaching the rank of SS-''

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''. Donnevert worked in the office of the

Deputy Führer Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician, convicted war criminal and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer (''Stellvertreter des Führers' ...

until in 1940 when he was sent by

Rudolf Hess Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician, Nuremberg trials, convicted war criminal and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer ( ...

and

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to serve as deputy ''

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'' in the

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with specific instructions to control his new superior

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. Henlein was aware of Donnevert's intrigues against him and was able to engineer his deputy's removal from office. Donnevert remained on the pay-roll of the SS after this, albeit with little of real purpose to do, and he retreated into alcoholism. On 19 August 1940, Donnevert obtained a seat in the '' Reichstag'' representing the Sudetenland as a replacement for , and he served until the end of Nazi rule in May 1945.Joachim Lilla, Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: ''Statisten in Uniform. Die Mitglieder des Reichstags 1933–1945. Ein biographisches Handbuch. Unter Einbeziehung der völkischen und nationalsozialistischen Reichstagsabgeordneten ab Mai 1924.'' Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4, S. 107–108.

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